Video on social media appeared to show the jet flying low with flames shooting from one of its engines.The country has allowed resuming the flight services a few days back after months of suspension of all its services due to the coronavirus pandemic.On PM’s directions, all emergency services and resources mobilised, evacuation in progress, Asim Saleem Bajwa said.

An official report blamed the accident on a confused captain and a hostile cockpit atmosphere.Pakistan has been in a countrywide lockdown since mid-March because of the coronavirus, with Southern Sindh, where Karachi is the capital, the epicentre of virus infections.They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.

The downstream oil and gas sector has been facing the challenge of falling consumption and sales much before COVID-19 started rearing its head.At least two people are said to have survived, and at least one relieved family revealed that a loved one who was a passenger on the Airbus A320 had contacted them in the aftermath to confirm that he was still alive.Available footage of the incident shows smoke rising from the site of the crash.

He tweets @AsadHashim.Earier, Abdul Sattar Khokhar, the spokesman for Pakistan's aviation authority said: “The plane crashed in Karachi.Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has paid tribute to the families of those on board and confirmed an immediate inquiry will be launched.

The BBC's Urdu service said: Dark clouds of smoke can be seen rising from the crash site in the footage seen on TV.

Pakistan's civil aviation authority said there had been 91 passengers and eight crew on board the Airbus A320.At least 66 people are confirmed to have died after a Pakistani passenger aircraft crashed into a residential area near Karachi’s airport.The jet, which tracking website FlightRadar24.com identified as a 15-year-old Airbus A320, was flying from the eastern city of Lahore to Karachi in the south.

Southern Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital, is the epicenter of the virus infections in Pakistan.Witnesses said the Airbus A320 appeared to attempt to land two or three times before crashing in a residential area near Jinnah International Airport.I couldn't see any people - just hear their screams.

According to an audio clipping of conversation between the ill-fated PK 8303's pilot and air traffic control room, the pilot's last words were that he had lost power from both engines.

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Police and soldiers cordoned off the area amid the smoke and dust.Ownership records for the Airbus A320 involved in the crash showed China Eastern Airlines flew the plane from 2004 until 2014.A number of crashes and serious incidents have occurred in the airline's history.

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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK 8303 was close to landing when it came down on houses, sparking an explosion and sending plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen from some distance away.

People should avoid gathering at the accident site, he added.PIA’s chief engineer signed a separate certificate April 28 saying all maintenance had been conducted on the plane and that “the aircraft is fully airworthy and meets all the safety” standards.“We are proceeding direct, sir — we have lost engine,” a pilot said.

Urban search and rescue teams are being sent on site for rescue efforts, Major General Babar Iftikhar, spokesperson of Pakistan Armed Forces tweeted via its official Twitter handle @OfficialDGISPR.Saad Edhi, a spokesperson of the Edhi welfare trust, said that around 25 to 30 residents whose houses were damaged by the plane have also been taken to the hospital, mostly with burn wounds.Urban Search & Rescue Teams are being sent on site for rescue efforts.

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE.Local TV stations showed footage of a man on a stretcher who they said was a survivor. "Sir, mayday, mayday, mayday, mayday Pakistan 8303," the pilot said before the transmission ended.

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The crash came just days after the country began allowing commercial flights to resume after planes were grounded during a lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic.Firstpost is now on WhatsApp.Reuters could not authenticate the recording and there was no immediate comment on it from the airline, Airbus or the aviation authority.Lahore to Karachi plane crash 22 may(2) - YouTube.